The Convention on the Future of the European Union, also known as the European Convention, was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration. Inspir
The presidium of the convention, 18 July 2002. Clockwise from centre: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Giorgos Katiforis, Michel Barnier, António Vitorino, two unknown individuals, John Kerr, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Klaus Hänsch, Jean-Luc Dehaene
The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was an unratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European Union. It would have replaced the existing Euro
Convention on the Future of Europe
…to produce a draft constitution for the European Union for the Council to finalise and adopt. The Convention finished its work in July 2003 with their Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. See History of the European Constitution for developments after this point. The Convention has its origins in the Nice European Council held in December…
Draft of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, 17 June 2004